TOY - Trainers Online for Youth
This is a reference for Eleni Stamouli
To bring actors and educators for local and global social change together
To share experiences and learn about active citizenship and global development issues
To enhance the notion of non-formal learning within the creative actions done by youth organizations
To add the global dimension to activities carried out by youth structures
To promote creative activism as a tool for working in development education
To give participants an opportunity to reflect on and develop their own thinking on action, education and development
To stimulate deeper discussion on learning and education for a better world
To plan concrete future projects and to promote concrete opportunities (for example within the YiA programme) for participants to get to know, develop and practice a variety of ways to act for global issues.
26 participants from Greece, Germany, Ireland, Finland, bulgaria, Romania, Slavenia, Estonia, Lithuania
A Creative Laboratory formed the main structure of the TC where participants were introduced to key topics and methods and encouraged to try them out in a safe environment! Topics and methods explored include: Climate change, Trade Vs Aid, Migration, Social Theatre, Multi-media/ social media, Street Art, loesje, choir of complaints and much more…
This TC was a great one, for many reasons, but mainly because the participants had a lot to contribute to both the topics and the methods. They were very artistic and it showed in the final exhibition that we organized in Mayfield Community Arts Centre.
I was a full time trainer, working closely together with my colleagues for the preparation, the implementation and the evaluation of the Training course.